as in out of work
having no job
the plant closings left a significant portion of the town's population unemployed
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At last count, before Oct. 7, more than 45% of Gazans were unemployed, a situation that clearly has worsened after 15 months of outright war.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
That means of Lake County’s 454,000 residents in the workforce, about 15,000 are currently unemployed.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
And the share of the long-term unemployed, who have been out of work for at least six months, has also been on the rise.
—Tami Luhby, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
The company’s growth is the result of a big, risky bet that nearly left co-founders Max Lytvyn, Alex Shevchenko and Dmytro Lider broke and unemployed.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
That means of Lake County’s 454,000 residents in the workforce, about 15,000 are currently unemployed.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
And the share of the long-term unemployed, who have been out of work for at least six months, has also been on the rise.
—Tami Luhby, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
The company’s growth is the result of a big, risky bet that nearly left co-founders Max Lytvyn, Alex Shevchenko and Dmytro Lider broke and unemployed.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Unemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployed. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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